The Buckeyes beat Notre Dame to win their first national championship since 2014 on Monday night. (AP/Brynn Anderson) Instead of a smooth ride through the tunnels at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday night, Ohio State coach Ryan Day found himself in a precarious situation. Day and several others were on a golf cart that … Read more
ATLANTA — At Notre Dame, the bar for legendary status is high. This is the school that gave us Rudy, after all, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Knute Rockne, and “Win One For The Gipper.” You’ve got to work hard to etch your name alongside those legends. That said … leading your … Read more
Clippers guard James Harden, right, drives in front of Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic during the Clippers’ 112-99 loss Monday at the Intuit Dome. (Alex Gallardo / Associated Press) The Clippers are in the middle of the most arduous part of their season, playing six games in nine days — a stretch that threatens to … Read more
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the first-ever College Football Playoff National Champions of the 12-team era. Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz & Adam Breneman react to the biggest game of the season as Ohio State beats Notre Dame 34-23. Buckeye QB Will Howard led his team to victory in a nearly perfect performance behind yet another … Read more
ATLANTA — Will Howard, like us all, has felt lost many times in life. He felt lost as a freshman at Kansas State, when COVID isolated so many and left him living alone before being thrust — well before he was ready — into the starting job. He felt lost two years later, when, finally … Read more
ATLANTA — Dan Jarvis traveled here from Wheelersburg, Ohio not merely to watch his Ohio State Buckeyes beat Notre Dame, 34-23, and win the national championship on Monday. He came with a sign so he could mock the SEC, which for most of the last two decades dominated college football. Front Row: $8,000 Hotel: $1,000 … Read more
The Buckeyes beat Notre Dame to win their first national championship since 2014 on Monday night. (AP/Brynn Anderson) Instead of a smooth ride through the tunnels at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday night, Ohio State coach Ryan Day found himself in a precarious situation. Day and several others were on a golf cart that … Read more
One of the enduring storylines of the 2024-25 college football season was newfound parity across the sport. On Monday night, the nation’s richest public athletic department won the sport’s biggest prize. Ohio State beat Notre Dame 34-23 in the College Football Playoff title game in Atlanta, capping a four-game postseason run where the Buckeyes outscored … Read more
Kirk Herbstreit reached for a tissue and got emotional when talking about the Buckeyes’ win on ESPN on Monday night. (Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Kirk Herbstreit couldn’t help but get emotional in the broadcast booth on Monday night. The longtime ESPN college football announcer, who has become one of the key voices in … Read more
Nearly two months after dropping a stunner at home to Michigan, Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes have won the national championship. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images) ATLANTA — Fifty-one days ago, Ryan Day stood frozen as the victorious (again) Michigan Wolverines planted a flag in the middle of Ohio Stadium. All around him were … Read more